DISCOS AND DEMOCRACY China in the Throes of Reform<i> by Orville Schell (Pantheon Books: $19.95; 384 pp.) </i>
Schell juxtaposes images of current and earlier Chinas to point up ludicrous incongruities: Mao and Kentucky Fried Chicken sharing Heavenly Peace Square.
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